Mis-Disinformation Researcher

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Sorry to the new followers who're seeing an inactive profile.
1st thanks to you all for the follow.
2nd Currently finishing my modular course at the Open Uni on Media Politics & Society so it's been pretty intense with learning.
3rd Been busy helping my trans friends at the mo but will be back soon!

Yep. Was quite shocked to see myself on that list. I’ve even posted against the TERF pile-on that happened against Imane Khelif.
And as you can tell from my timeline (a little quiet of late because of studies & life) I don’t understand how I can be considered right-wing.
It really does perplex me! 🤷🏻‍♂️

Same. I'm decidedly liberal - and the list mentioned the people on the list are transphobic - which I'm not - I'm Trans!

This is brilliant! Thank you @bellingcat.com

Trump’s false voter fraud claims set stage for turmoil — again Advocates say Trump’s claims aim to subvert the US election results and encourage more restrictions to voting access.

Terrific analysis by @mmfa.bsky.social's @mattgertz.bsky.social in @ajenglish.bsky.social, explaining why election discord is almost certain: "there is an immensely powerful bubble on the right, in which factual information about the election just cannot enter." www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...

Thank you, I appreciate that.

My brain huuuuuuuuurts!

Thank you for sharing Pip’s story @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social - I have a friend I love dearly who has MS & it’s ripping me in 2 watching how much it is changing her.
It is heart wrenching to watch someone’s own system fight them.
I hope something can be done to help MS sufferers soon.
😢

Operation Overload: A Growing Disinformation Threat Now Targeting the U.S. Presidential Election - CheckFirst Continuing the collaboration between Check First and Reset Tech, our latest findings confirm that the operation is based in Russia. We also describe how Operation Overload has now shifted its focus to...

🧵4. @checkfirst.network have now added an update to the report on "Operation Overload" highlighting the new focus by Russian disinformation operators on the 2024 presidential election & specifically Kamala Harris.
Article: checkfirst.network/operation-ov...
Report: checkfirst.network/wp-content/u...

It just doesn't bloody stop with them does it....

🧵3. "..There should be immediate congressional investigations..This ought to be front-page news for weeks..But..it won’t...Putin has a shot at winning. Even exposure of his plot by the [DOJ] might not be enough..If Moscow succeeds, it will be..due to American decline & weakness."

🧵2. "Garland wants to keep..cases from appearing political. But they are..Russia is conniving to put a lying, misogynistic..narcissistic, right-wing authoritarian into the White House—& Trump World is once again denying this reality &..abetting a foreign adversary’s attack on the United States..."

Let’s be clear: Putin is again trying to put Trump in the White House More evidence emerges of Russia’s covert assault on American democracy.

🧵1. @motherjones.bsky.social & @davidcorn.bsky.social on recent DoJ charges against the covert Russian operation to use social media & US "influencers" to manipulate 2024 election:
"Russia is secretly screwing with..[US] information ecosystem to assist Trump..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

YouTube video by MSNBC Lawrence: The media is trying (and failing) to cure themselves of 'sane-washing' Trump

🧵3. Also watch the 9 Sept episode of MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell show, where he calls out this insanity from the media: "..the media’s “sane-washing” of..Trump means..Harris won’t just be debating Trump in the..debate, she will also be debating the news media.."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFd4...

Sanewashing and the damage done The press is helping Trump hide in plain sight.

🧵2. ".. is perhaps proof that something is deeply wrong with American society, but the media refuses to even acknowledge the ailment. They’re anesthetizing voters to the true threat while the nation sleepwalks into fascism."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-sane...

🧵1.MUST READ from PUBLIC NOTICE's @ser1897.bsky.social on media's "sane-washing" of Trump, charging them with "helping Trump hide in plain sight":
"Trump is clearly unraveling. It’s five-alarm news that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Trump’s competitive position in the presidential race..

More and more minors involved in terrorism, radicalization through social media Investigations show that more and more underage children are involved in terrorist crimes. The reason for this worrying development is the Internet, where children can freely access content calling fo...

Interesting article from the Netherlands which highlights concerns that "more and more underage children are involved in terrorist crimes...The reason for this worrying development is the Internet, where children can freely access content calling for violence and attacks."
nltimes.nl/2024/09/07/m...

Wanted to apologise for not being on here much over the past week.
Needed a little bit of self care & me time.
Also as I prep to start my course soon I needed to adjust to what it will mean going back into education, relearning to learn & also mentally preparing for the anxiety it causes me.

Knew as soon as I saw the headline that she was back from her hollybobs.
Hubby said, you don’t need to read it. He said the article would be sound IF she hadn’t spent the last 14 years ignoring the T*ries constant blame game & acting here as if it’s something new/without merit/along same time scale.

It’s the extra button undone on the shirt right?…….

Rubio was an acting committee head on the Senate’s exhaustive report into Russia interference in the 2016 campaign saying “We found irrefutable evidence of Russian meddling.”
He’s always been spineless but still its jaw dropping how there’s no bottom for these people in pursuit of power.

Interesting article from @asssociatedpress.bsky.social about "Spamouflage" where China-linked accounts are "cultivating networks of fake social media users designed to mimic Americans..to use social media to influence & upend America’s political debate."
More evidence of how vigilant we have to be.

My latest Digital Investigations newsletter looks at the Information Laundromat, a useful new website analysis tool. You can use it to evaluate site content and metadata, and make connections.

Read and subscribe: digitalinvestigation...

They were warned this would happen when the Trump family installed one of its own at the top and they didn't listen.
Always grifting....

I was genuinely in tears reading the live thread on the BBC today as the summary was made public.
Please everyone keep in your thoughts the survivors and the families of those lost and affected. Today is going to be so very difficult for them.

Damn anyone who advocates for more red tape cuts.
This is a deliberate, systematic failure by so many agencies who put profit before duty of care.
I grew up in social housing, seen the system deteriorate & watched as the discourse turn more vile against certain groups. #Grenfell

I was genuinely in tears reading the live thread on the BBC today as the summary was made public. Please everyone bear a thought for the survivors and the families of those lost and affected. Today is going to be so very difficult for them.

The News Agents - Podcast | Global Player <p>Germany's hard right party the ADF have made astonishing gains in two regions of the country - the first time the hard right has seen substantial electoral gains since the Nazi era. What is propell...

Yesterdays @thenewsagents.bsky.social is a perfect example of a masterclass in questioning from the brilliant Emily Maitlis, who does not allow Nadhim Zahawi to get away with platitudes & talking points.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

From @propublica.bsky.social about Telegram, it's "role in..recent..far-right acts of sabotage & murder &..[how its]..inaction allowed extremists to plan & even advertise..crimes."
Michael Loadenthal..at the Uni of Cincinnati: “[It] has shown that deplatforming violent..content is not its priority.”